Under fire Swamy fires fresh salvo, says Rajan was Congress’ agent

Noida, June 19 : Shrugging off cries of outrage and allegations from the opposition holding him responsible for RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s decision to not continue with his post, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday asserted that he did not care what the others said, as Rajan was the government’s employee, adding that he was a Congress ‘agent’ bent on sabotaging the Indian economy.
Speaking to ANI here, Swamy said that Rajan’s decision only proved what he had always suspected, that the RBI Governor had been working in tandem with the Congress as their ‘agent’ since the BJP-led Centre came to power.”He sabotaged our economy by trying to put all the small, medium industries out of business. And as you know the small and medium industries give employment to the semi-skilled workers, who come from agricultural sectors and poor rural areas,” Swamy said.He further alleged that Rajan had the complete support of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and other ‘sycophants’ to sabotage the economy as he was an agent of the grand old party.”I could not earlier say that he was an agent. Now after Rahul’s remarks, I can say that he was a saboteur in our government. Who cares what the opposition says, he was our employee and we sent him home. This is not a popularity contest,” Swamy added.He also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ‘withstanding international and media pressure’ and for standing his ground and declining a second term to Rajan.Following Rajan’s announcement, Rahul Gandhi took a shot at the Centre saying that Prime Minister Modi did not need experts like Rajan since he already knew ‘everything’. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows everything. He has no need for experts like Raghuram Rajan,” Rahul said in a series of tweets.